All 3 Uses of
listless
in
The Awakening
- Robert was there, seated as he had been the Sunday before, and Mrs. Pontellier also occupied her former position on the upper step, leaning listlessly against the post.†
Chpt 4
- She let her hand lie listlessly, as though her thoughts were elsewhere—somewhere in advance of her body, and she was striving to overtake them.†
Chpt 10 *
- He observed his hostess attentively from under his shaggy brows, and noted a subtle change which had transformed her from the listless woman he had known into a being who, for the moment, seemed palpitant with the forces of life.†
Chpt 23
Definition:
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(listless) lacking energy and normal enthusiasm